This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I think growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do live right in the middle of high maintenance suburbia.

Sweet potato slips were planted this week. This is our first year growing them. If you have any advise about growing sweet potatoes I should know about, please leave a comment below. ♥Mavis

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I have spent a total of $$414.90 on seeds, soil, plants and supplies for this year.

This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I think growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do live right in the middle of high maintenance suburbia.

I believe people have lost touch with what the term “fresh produce” really means. Fresh produce is not something that has been flown in from 1,500 miles away and has been sitting on a grocers shelf for five days. The true meaning of “fresh produce” in my opinion, is walking out your back door and harvesting your own food.

Real food does not come in a box nor does it need an ad campaign. Real Food does not come with a rebate, or an incentive to buy. One bite of an heirloom tomato on a warm summers day is all the convincing you’ll need to keep coming back for more.

Real food will sell itself, hands down, any day of the week.

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I have spent a total of $412.40 on seeds, soil, plants and supplies for this year.

Today was the first day since I began my little adventure/wish of trying to grow 2,000lbs of garden produce that I thought I might actually be able to do this, like for real. Sure I’ve had a garden before, but were talking a few tomato, cucumber, pumpkin and maybe bean plants. Nothing like what I’ve got going on this year. Not even close.

I started the day by harvesting 6lb 10 oz. of shelling peas, checked in on the chickens, then went down to my neighbor’s yard (who’s moving tomorrow) and planted her 4 garden boxes with beans, carrots, squash, radish, and 18 cabbage. I’ll be going back in a few more days to plant the parsnips. I know I’m taking a bit of a gamble with planting in her backyard boxes because if her house sells before I can harvest…. well let’s just say the new homeowners will be picking their own dinner.

I was able to harvest 1lb 4 oz of sage and 12oz of oregano from her herb box {she was going to pull them out if I wasn’t going to use it} and then came home and washed and bundled up the herbs for drying. I was also able to pick a few strawberries and 1lb 6 oz of wild salmon berries as well. All in all, a good day.

I’m beginning to think that if I had to grow all our food we would starve to death. Today’s harvest? 2 oz radish, 2 oz lettuce and 1 oz broccoli. Maybe growing 2,000lbs of garden produce is going to be harder that I thought.

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Yippee! Something else for me to plant! The seed potatoes arrived today from Seed Savers. I like surprises so I ordered the 20lb sampler. I don’t know if I’m more excited about the potatoes or the cute little muslin bags they came in. I can’t wait to re-use them. I received 2.5lbs of each of the following varieties: All Blue, Yukon Gold, La Ratte, Purple Viking, Kerr’s Pink, Red Gold, All Red & Austrian Crescent. I’ll keep you posted on how they grow!

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